Cover for handbags



Aug. 16, 1949." M. E. R'OHR ET AL COVER FOR HANDBAGS 2' Sheets-Sheet 1Filed June 5 1947 awed/M44 15,

Aug. 16, 1949;

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COVER FOR HANDBAGS Filed June 5, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wease Jteven175/0626.

Patented Aug. 16, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COVER FOR HANDBAGSMamie E. Bohr and Jesse Steven Thornhill, Lynchburg, Va.

Application June 5, 1947, Serial No. 752,748 2 Claims. 150-28)foundation bag. Another object resides in the pocket structure of thecover in which the upper edge of the gusset meets the bottom edge of thepocket spaced some distance from the side end of the cover.

It is thus an object of the invention to provide a cover having a pairof upper pockets each' adapted to receive an extended side strip of thefoundation ba and which is of shallow depth. Furthermore, the cover isprovided with a gusset at each end to fit closely against a similargusset in the ends of the foundation bag.

A still further object of the invention resides in a cover made in anyvariety of colors'which may be interchangeably slipped onto and over afoundation bag.

Further objects will be apparent from the foledges 2! and 22 and alsoalong l8 extending into the gusset sections l4 and I5 and 23, therebyforming the closed end sections l9. Fig. 3 also shows the line ofstitching 2|.

The foundation bag may of course comprise any shape desired, it onlybeing necessary that it shall have the extending flaps or strips l0which project into the pockets l2 and I3 and into the closed extendedpockets H). In other words, the cover I l fits snugly over thefoundation bag and follows the parts of the foundation such as thegussets' V as shown in Fig. 1.

lowing description when considered in connection with the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cover and foundation bag withcertain parts in section,

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the cover and foundation bag with certainparts in section,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a detail,

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the cover and modified foundation bag, andV Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cover.

The foundation bag of Figs. 1 to 3 is of the'type in which the frame hastwo horizontal side bars 6 with a pair of lever bars 1 interconnected ata hinge 8. The ba portion 9 terminates at each top side part with a flapsection I0. The actual cover I I is provided with a U-shaped bodyportion terminating in two upper pockets I 2 and I3 interconnected by aside gusset l4 and IS. The upper edge N5 of each gusset terminates at l1to and at the lower edge I8 of each pocket l2 and I3 to form thereby aclosed end section l9.

Fig. 4 illustrates a foundation bag having a zipper closure 20 insteadof the closure shown in I to 3'. For a foundation bag having a zipperclosure the structure of the cover II is exactly the same as disclosedin Fig. 5, that is, the cover is provided with pockets I2 and I3 andclosed end sections l9.

The cover as shown in Fig. 5 may be cut out and stitched together in anysuitablemanner, but one suitable method is to stitch along the We claimas our invention:

1. A removable cover for a handbag of the type to be placed onafoundation bag provided with projecting side strips comprising aU-shaped body portion terminating at each upper end in a pocket, and agusset at each end of the body portion extending'up to the lower openedge of the pockets at a distance spaced from the end of the pocket,each pocket receiving a side strip of the foundation bag, and havingclosed sections at each end hereof, the top edge of the gusset merginginto the open edge of the pocket at the point where the closed sectionbegins.

2. A handbag comprising a foundation bag provided with projecting sidestrips, a removable cover including a U-shaped body portion terminatingat each upper end in a pocket, a gusset for the cover at each end of thebody portion extending up to the lower end of the pockets, each pocketreceiving a side strip of the foundation bag and each pocket having aclosed end section at each end thereof into which the ends of the sidestrips extend and into which the upper edge of the gusset merges intothe lower end of the pocket, and a frame for the foundation bagincluding a pair of lever bars hinged to each other on each end of thehandbag and extendin into the outside space formed by the gusset.

MAMIE E. ROHR. JESSE STEVEN THORNHILL.

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